Make-Your-Own Sugar Bottle Display
Let’s Go! has discovered the power of our Sugar Bottle Display; making your own is
a great classroom activity. This is one of the best ways to graphically show how much
sugar is in some of the most consumed beverages—you’ll be surprised. This is a tool
that can be used to help students and staff to make smart beverage choices.
Directions to Make-Your-Own Sugar Bottle Display
Supplies:
 Bottles of your favorite beverages—refer to the table on the next page for
suggestions.
 Bag of White Sugar
 Teaspoons
 Funnels
Directions:
1. Empty, wash and completely dry bottles—keep the labels on the bottles.
Tip: Bottles take at least 24 hours to dry completely.
2. Find the Nutrition Facts box on the bottle label.
3. Take note of serving size (many bottles contain two or more servings — something to
think about!)
Tip: Make sure to pay attention to the information listed Per Bottle.
4. Record how many grams of sugar are in a bottle.
(Continued on page 2)
5. Figure out how many teaspoons of sugar are in each bottle by dividing the
grams of sugar by 4.2 (number of grams of sugar in a teaspoon.)
 Serving size: 1 bottle
 Sugars=48g
 Teaspoons=48 divided by 4.2≈11.
 Amount of sugar to put in bottle=11 teaspoons.
6. Put funnel into mouth of bottle and put in computed amount of sugar. Replace
cap. Screw on tight!
7. Make a chart like the one below corresponding to the drinks you chose.
8. Display in your school so students and staff can see how
much sugar is in some of their favorite drinks.
9. Other ideas:
 Take a photo of your display and use along with
chart and hand-outs from the 0 binder to make a
bulletin board.
 Make a game out of it by having people guess how
many teaspoons of sugar are in their favorite drinks
and give the winners a 5-2-1-0 approved prize!
 Have a poster contest around sugar-sweetened
beverages.
Common Drink Choices
Drink
Mountain Dew®
Coca-Cola® Classic
Dunkin’ Donuts Strawberry Fruit
Coolata®
Sprite®
Monster Energy® Drink
Arizona® Green Tea & Honey
Minute Maid® 100% Apple Juice
Glaceau Vitamin Water®
Gatorade™
Starbucks Bottled Frappuccino®
Water
Size
20 oz
20 oz
Total
Calories
275 cal
250 cal
Sugar
Grams
78 g
65 g
Teaspoons
Sugar
18
15
16 oz
20 oz
16 oz
20 oz
10 oz
20 oz
20 oz
9.5 oz
Any size
290 cal
250 cal
200 cal
210 cal
140 cal
125 cal
130 cal
200 cal
0 cal
65 g
65 g
54 g
51 g
32 g
32.5 g
34 g
32 g
0g
15
15
13
12
8
8
8
8
0
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